Kyiv plans to secure the re-opening of food and grain transit via Poland as “a first step” at talks in Warsaw on Monday. Ukraine’s agriculture minister, Mykola Solsky said after Poland and Hungary announced bans on some imports from Ukraine. Some Black Sea ports were blocked after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022 […]

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Ukraine will resume exporting electricity to Europe after a six-month pause due to crippling Russian missile attacks on the country’s infrastructure, Energy Minister German Galushchenko, said on Friday. “The Ukrainian power grid had been functioning for almost two months without any restrictions on consumption and with a power reserve,” Galushchenko said in a statement, saying […]

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Belarus detained on Tuesday what it said was a “terrorist” working with Ukrainian and U.S. intelligence services over attempted sabotage at a Belarusian airfield, the Belta news agency reported, citing President Alexander Lukashenko. Belarusian anti-government activists said last month they had blown up a sophisticated Russian military surveillance aircraft in a drone attack at an […]

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reiterated his rejection of negotiations with Russia before a withdrawal of Russian troops. “Talks would only be possible if Russia withdraws its soldiers, admits its mistake and there is a new government in Moscow,’’ Zelensky said on Thursday. “Only then would talks be possible,’’ he said. The president had already […]

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A Russian warship armed with new-generation hypersonic cruise weapons will participate in joint exercises with the navies of China and South Africa in February. The Russian state agency, TASS, said on Monday that it was the first official mention of the participation by the frigate, “Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov,” which […]

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